The Lays of Beleriand
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| The Lays of Beleriand | |
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| Author | J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
| Released | November 20, 1985 |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Pages | 400 |
| ISBN | 0395394295 |
The Lays of Beleriand was the third volume to The History of Middle-earth and gives us a privileged insight into the creation of the mythology of Middle-earth, through the alliterative verse tales of two of the most crucial stories in Tolkien's world - those of Túrin Turambar and of Beren and Lúthien. The first of the poems is the unpublished Lay of the Children of Húrin, narrating on a grand scale the tragedy of Túrin Turambar. The second is the moving Lay of Leithian, the chief source of the tale of Beren and Lúthien in The Silmarillion, telling of the Quest of the Silmaril and the encounter with Morgoth in his subterranean fortress.